Daily Review 22/09/2017

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  1. Barfly 1
    22 September 2017 at 5:35 pm

    Inspiring Photos…should have snuck big Norm in there though

  2. Adrian 2
    22 September 2017 at 5:43 pm

    Jonathan Coleman concedes you would have to be ” mentally ill or a drunk person ”
    to be a National supporter in response to question about person offering bribes to vote for National in Northcote. Just in on NZ Herald site.

    • boggis the cat 2.1
      22 September 2017 at 5:50 pm

      Meh. Take the ‘bribe’ then vote for whom you were going to.

      Donate it to a charity.

      Win-win.

    • ianmac 2.2
      22 September 2017 at 8:08 pm

      As Coleman says, you would have to be ” mentally ill or a drunk person ” to vote for National.

  3. bwaghorn 3
    22 September 2017 at 6:00 pm

    sorry labour you lost my vote to top with your irrigation tax , it was either wedge politics or shoddy rushed policy , if you were serious it would have been all farmers or added to milk cheese etc at point of sale.

    • Robert Guyton 3.1
      22 September 2017 at 6:03 pm

      b – you were never going to vote Labour – get ye to your whatevery and clasp Bill to your wizened dugs (hat-tip, Willy S.)

      • bwaghorn 3.1.1
        22 September 2017 at 7:29 pm

        go fuck your self dick head you know nothing , the hatred of farmers comes of you like flies shit , ive voted labour the last two times , but they offer nothing new and they stoked the fire with their stupid policy

        • weka 3.1.1.1
          22 September 2017 at 7:43 pm

          Maybe tone it down a bit eh?

        • marty mars 3.1.1.2
          22 September 2017 at 8:16 pm

          Think of kids mate – a vote for lthe gnats is Cray Cray.

        • Pete 3.1.1.3
          22 September 2017 at 9:29 pm

          The way it went Ardern could’ve said “peanut butter” and some idiot would’ve had a headline saying “Ardern to ban peanut butter.” Then all sorts of mental defectives would’ve attacked her, calling her Peanutcinda or something equally childish.

          Ardern’s mistake was mentioning anything to do the environment, the economy, the future, infrastructural developments, students, housing, health, climate change, education and in fact anything. Doom merchants like that harridan Boag would’ve been invited onto all and sundry media to say the world would end if any one pronouncement came to fruition.

          Especially drawing attack would’ve been any suggestion at doing anything like discussing or having multi-faceted working parties with the idea of have cross partisan solutions to our problems and the needs for our development.

        • Barfly 3.1.1.4
          22 September 2017 at 10:31 pm

          BW I ask you not to consider that the policy is hatred for you and yours its a penalty to the worst offenders in an environmental sense.

          The $ values are pretty much chump change and aren’t in any way affecting viability of farmers – I understand that you may feel specifically targeted – but please accept it’s more about the environment than it is about farmers.

          I am a member of the sub-human species known as a beneficiary which has massively targeted by ruling powers for many years. Please be tolerant I do appreciate your input.

      • weka 3.1.2
        22 September 2017 at 7:42 pm

        Actually for a while b was talking about voting Green. His politics have changed quite a bit over the past few years.

    • Craig H 3.2
      22 September 2017 at 6:27 pm

      Adding at point of sale creates other issues – we’re talking >10c per item, which will have no impact on behaviour at all while adding extra paperwork to small shops. If part of the plan was to discourage farms from using water in the first place, then hitting them directly is the correct method.

    • Andre 3.3
      22 September 2017 at 7:49 pm

      Ironically, if TOP ever actually got to implement their policies it would probably be a lot harsher on farming communities than Labour.

      http://www.top.org.nz/top9

      http://www.top.org.nz/top1

  4. dv 4
    22 September 2017 at 6:47 pm

    Where has been the discussion about the export of free water by the bottling companies?

    The FF have drowned that out.

  5. mauī 5
    22 September 2017 at 6:58 pm

    Alt-right “Westie style campaigning”. Parental advisory explicit content. Actually it’s not recommended to watch at all.

    https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/watch-paula-bennett-leads-national-party-tour-bus-rousing-rendition-natural-woman

  6. JC 6
    22 September 2017 at 7:09 pm

    A Big Heads up to “The Standard” for providing a forum that has kept me mostly sane these last few years.. tumeke !

    And to the administrators, the Authors and the Moderators, (I haven’t fully worked out the “Back End” yet), but sincerely Thank you All and appreciate your views, your time and your efforts and commitment to facilitate this.

    All at a toll, a cost , and a sacrifice to your personal time, and your friends and whanau.
    ki ora,

    To the numerous commentators here….I have enjoyed the diversity of ideas and views and the knowledge shared on this site. I’ve been stimulated, and informed. Along, I’m sure with others, and the numerous readers on this site.

    The last few months have been intense! An acknowledgment is long overdue!

    Thank you! The Standard!

    kia ora

    JC

  7. halfcrown 7
    22 September 2017 at 7:24 pm

    Well said JC, At least we can come on here and see a good bit of down to earth common sense and learn a lot by the information volunteered by a lot of highly intelligent and well-informed contributors. Even the right wingers and trolls are of a better quality than some of the contributors on other forums which I will not name with their rabid ranting cretins.

  8. Andre 8
    22 September 2017 at 7:56 pm

    That photo of Jacinda up at the headline looks like she’s got a bit of yoof ‘tude going.

  9. ianmac 9
    22 September 2017 at 8:15 pm

    That is her serious face.

  10. dv 10
    22 September 2017 at 8:54 pm

    Shocked by the ‘poverty cycle’, reformers created a safety net for casual workers. Now precarious working conditions are back, and the welfare state is under attack. By Chris Renwick

    Sound familiar?

    https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/sep/21/why-we-need-the-welfare-state-more-than-ever

  11. WILD KATIPO 11
    22 September 2017 at 10:39 pm

    Well , … it was a toss up between Auld Lang Syne for the Lefts benefit ,… or Bugger Off ,… so lets celebrate instead the demise of National with that instead. Played it last time ,… still 100% applicable.

    Bugger Off – Lyrics , – YouTube

  12. weka 12
    22 September 2017 at 11:28 pm

    National do a last ditch dirty politics effort. A few hours before it becomes impossible for anyone to refute this, Tracey Watkins publishes an opinion piece,

    “It has been assumed NZ First will hold the balance of power if neither National or Labour and the Greens have the numbers to govern. But senior Nats have told Stuff – don’t rule out an approach to the Greens instead.”

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/97161362/National-says-don-t-rule-out-an-approach-to-Greens-on-election-night

    National know that no such deal is possible, so the only thing I can read from this is that National want to scare voters away from the Greens. Pathetic, but useful to see Watkins willing to be part of it.

    “Greens co-leader James Shaw is seen as being more of a pragmatist by National.”

    Yep, but not in that way. Here’s a post from 2015 that gives several references for Shaw saying no way to a deal with National. It also shows how it’s not Shaw’s decision but has to go through the members (who would say no).

    https://thestandard.org.nz/green-politics/

  13. WILD KATIPO 13
    22 September 2017 at 11:33 pm

    Meh ,… more bollocks from the Nats.

    And that’s all it is L0L !

  14. swordfish 14
    22 September 2017 at 11:37 pm

    I’ll just get this in before Election Day Blackout. – Jacinda Ardern said this morning that the last UMR has Labour just 1% behind National

    Suggests a swing to National a week ago & a counter-swing back to Labour over last 3-4 days

    y Blackout. – Jacinda Ardern said this morning

  15. swordfish 15
    22 September 2017 at 11:57 pm

    Party Vote Labour
    Party Vote Green

    juuuuust in before Election Day Blackout

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